Inוַיְהִי בְּthe morningהַבֹּקֶרwatch,אַשְׁמֹרֶתYHWHיְהוָהlooked downוַיַּשְׁקֵףonאֶלthe campמַחֲנֵהof the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםfromבְּthe pillarעַמּוּדof fireאֵשׁand cloud,וְעָנָןand threw into confusionוַיָּהָםthe campאֵת מַחֲנֵהof the Egyptians.מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 14:24
Study it in the app“In the morning watch, YHWH looked down on the camp of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and threw into confusion the camp of the Egyptians.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 14:24, word by word
- Inיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- watchאַשְׁמֹרֶתashmoret
night watch
Watch: each of the parts into which the night was divided; the morning watch was the last, before dawn.
Where else “ashmoret” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- looked downיַּשְׁקֵףyashkef
look down
Look down from above, look out (of a window).
Where else “yashkef” appears- the campמַחֲנֵהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- of the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- the pillarעַמּוּדamud
pillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amud” appears- of fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- and cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- and threw into confusionיָּהָםyaham
throw into confusion
God strikes the enemy with panic.
Where else “yaham” appears
The context
23The Egyptians pursued and went in after them, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.
24 · This verse (above)
25He removed the wheels of their chariots and made them drive with difficulty. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for YHWH is fighting for them against Egypt.”